Mkpoikana Udoma 18 November 2018, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt — The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, has assured youths in Ogoni that…
Browsing: United Nations Environment Programme
“In 2017, the world installed a record 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity, far more than the net additions of the rest – other renewables, fossil fuel and nuclear”, the report stated.
Mkpoikana Udoma 25 December 2017, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt – Youths in Ogoni under the auspices of Ogoni Youth Federation, OYF,…
Mkpoikana Udoma 19 October 2017, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt – The House of Representatives Committee on Environment and Habitat has expressed displeasure…
“Shell has not lived up to the agreement; we are expecting it to pay its share of the funding so that efforts on the project will become visible,” he said.
On December 1, 2016 in Abuja, five West African countries including Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire agreed to ban the importation of Europe’s dirty fuels, limiting sulphur in fuels from 3,000 parts per million to 50 ppm.
In a 2011 assessment of over 200 locations in Ogoniland by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), it was found that impacts of the 50 years of oil production in the region extended deeper than previously thought.
Six years after the UNEP report the communities of Ogoniland are still unacceptably waiting for action to clean up their land and water. Justice cannot be endlessly delayed, the Nigerian government needs to urgently ensure the plan is implemented immediately,” said Godwin Ojo, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria.
30 September 2015, Lagos – The federal government’s decision to award marine transportation contracts for crude oil movements from terminals…